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    SCMP241 From Python to C++ (Nov 2023)

    C++ is a high level programming language that is extremely useful for scientific applications. The language has historically had a bad reputation, but modern C++ is much improved so that your code can be relatively short and elegant. In this workshop we will teach the basics of C++ for people who are familiar with the basics of programming, and we will especially compare and contrast C++ with Python (only the material covered in SCMP142 "Intro to Programming with Python" is required). Knowing multiple programming languages may be a useful skill: while Python is a wonderful programming language, execution speed is often a practical issue for pure Python applications. For applications where this is an issue, coding in C++ can significantly improve performance. As C++ can relatively easily be integrated in a Python project, it is also possible (and common) to code just the bottleneck in that language.

    Format: Virtual

    Enseignant: Yohai Meiron

    Date de début: : 30 oct. 2023

    Date de fin: : 3 nov. 2023

    Nombre de crédits - calcul scientifique: 6

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    From Python to C++ 1/3 - lundi 30 octobre, 12:30 » 14:00

    From Python to C++ 2/3 - mercredi 1 novembre, 12:30 » 14:00

    From Python to C++ 3/3 - vendredi 3 novembre, 12:30 » 14:00
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    • Introduction
      • Workshop goals
      • History of C++
      • A few words about C
      • Is C++ the best language?
    • A quick comparison with Python
      • Similarities
      • Differences
        • Syntactic differences
        • Implementation
        • Type system
    • C++ theory
      • A “Hello, World!” program
        • Setting up environment on the Teach cluster
        • Notes about the code
          • About printing
          • 📖 Extra information
          • About portability
      • Variables
        • Nature of variables in Python and C++
        • Scoping rules
      • Types
        • Type casting
      • const and constexpr
      • Functions
        • The main() function
        • Templates
          • 📖 Extra information
      • Standard containers
        • std::vector
        • Other containers
      • References (and pointers)
        • Passing by reference in Python 🐍
        • About pointers
      • Loops
    • C++ practice
      • Monotonicity
      • Luhn algorithm
    • More Standard Library
      • Word frequencies
        • Streams
        • Alternative implementations
      • Iris data set
        • Tips
    • Next steps
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    Due: Monday, 20 November 2023, 9:00 AM

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